Dave Fossett wrote:
 > Hanako Kobayashi wrote:
 >
 >
 >> I think the article said he died. I'm more concerned that it wasn't
 >> just a suicide, but a mass murder attempt, something that the
 >> article sort of glossed over (and that might be because the
 >> authorities did that as well).
 >
 >
 > That's what I wondered too considering the way in which he apparently
 > waited until the train was in a tunnel. I have read comments making
 > comparisons with the fire on the Seoul subway train.
 >
Maybe the police decided to play it safe until they know for sure, and
even then if it was an attack I wouldn't be surprised if they don't keep 
it quiet in the name of not scaring the s**t out of people.

But I wonder if anyone in the Japanese media asked why the train's fire 
extinguishers weren't used.

John W.